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Background

The creation of the Resilient Community Advisory Commission was identified as a City Council Top Priority in 2015. Through a robust community engagement process, over 200 residents provided input to define resiliency as “the ability of individuals and systems to prevent, prepare for, and recover from adverse vulnerabilities while adapting to long-term changes.”

Purpose

To review research and data in order to provide input on re-identification, prevention, and plans for potential economic, environmental, and social/cultural vulnerabilities.

To review plans for long-term prevention, preparedness, and recovery efforts.

To review policy and program recommendations to the city council in order to influence resilient outcomes for the community.

To provide comment to the city council on the allocation of budgeted city funding to achieve adopted resiliency goals.

To educate and engage the public on commission priorities.

To provide input on and review strategies to address identified vulnerabilities in collaboration with city staff, other city commissions and community partners.

To review and make recommendations regarding Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant allocations.

To respect the policy making authority of the city council, the city manager’s responsibilities to implement the goals and priorities the council establishes (council manager form of government) and the responsibility of city staff to report to the city manager.